[petsc-users] error handling

[Jed Brown]

Jeremy Theler <jeremy at seamplex.com> writes:

> Dear Sam
>
> Probably you are already aware of the following paragraph, but just in
> case. Quote from 
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Memory-Usage
>
>
> Memory analysis tools such as valgrind can be useful, but don’t
> complicate a program merely to avoid their false alarms. For example,
> if memory is used until just before a process exits, don’t free it
> simply to silence such a tool. 

Off-topic, but I consider this to be bad advice, especially for a
library or community project.